KIDS QUIZ
POP MUSIC
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When a singer sings a short note
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when a singer slides up or down to a note for expressive effect
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When a singer sings a long note
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A rest in the music
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Detailed explanation-1: -In music, portamento is a gradual slide from one note to another. It is very similar to a glissando, but a glissando is deliberately written in the music by the composer and may be a long slide between two or three octaves or more. A portamento is a much shorter slide, usually between two notes which are quite close.
Detailed explanation-2: -In music, “portamento” is a term that’s been used for hundreds of years, referring to the effect of gliding a note at one pitch into a note of a lower or higher pitch. But only instruments that can continuously vary in pitch-such as the human voice, string instruments, and trombones-can pull off the effect.
Detailed explanation-3: -In music, portamento (plural: portamenti, from old Italian: portamento, meaning “carriage” or “carrying") is a pitch sliding from one note to another.
Detailed explanation-4: -Therefore Ascent or Descent usually refers to movement within a scale or key, where as modulation usually refers to movement up or down of a tonal center, key, or mode.